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Opposition leader stirs debate for saying democracy only possible by settlement of Kurdish issue

Recent remarks of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), that real democracy can only be established in the country...

Plans to name forest in Kurdish-majority city after far-right party leader spark criticism

Plans by the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) to establish a forest in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakır and name it after its leader...

Inmate with cancer dies after he was denied release despite medical report

Halil Güneş, 49, an inmate suffering from cancer, was found dead in Diyarbakır Prison on Wednesday after he was denied release due to his...

21 teachers dismissed from their jobs in SE Turkey over ‘terrorist ties’

Twenty-one teachers who were detained in November 2020 as part of a terrorism investigation have been fired from their jobs based on a government...

18 people detained in morning raids across Turkey

Police have taken 18 people into custody in four cities across Turkey in raids that were launched early in the morning, Turkish media reported on...

Exhibition highlighting painful repercussions of Turkey’s Kurdish issue stirs debate

An exhibition by Kurdish visual artist Ahmet Güneştekin that focuses on Turkey’s recent past and draws attention to the painful repercussions of the country’s...

Inmates subjected to mistreatment in Diyarbakır prisons: report

A recent report jointly prepared by two Turkish human rights organizations has revealed that inmates were subjected to strip-searches, insults and battery in prisons...

Numerous people detained over social media posts in SE Turkey

Police have conducted simultaneous raids in southern, southeastern and eastern Turkish cities, taking a large number of people into custody in connection with their...

Police, not the PKK, killed Tahir Elçi: Forensic Architecture

An indictment concerning the killing of prominent human rights lawyer Tahir Elçi that charges a Kurdish militant with murder is not realistic, according to...

Illiterate woman summoned by police over social media post

An illiterate woman has been summoned to a police station in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır due to a social media message she allegedly...

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